Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2251 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 2251 DEB
International designator: 1993-036BLM
Object number (NORAD): 37484
Object ID (CCSDS): 37484
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.878 minutes
Inclination: 73.8236 deg
SMA: 7130.834 km
Apoapsis: 781.223 km
Periapsis: 724.175 km
RAAN: 215.4631 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0040001
Argument of periapsis: 250.9229 deg
Mean anomaly: 173.1342 deg
Mean motion: 14.41757676 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002644 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00081064 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 7:56 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 8, 2025, 11:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37484U 93036BLM 25342.99866990 .00002644 00000-0 81064-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 37484 73.8236 215.4631 0040001 250.9229 173.1342 14.41757676653253
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2251 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.
COSMOS 2251 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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